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Colette Smith

@coletteasmith1
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Joined April 2011
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brogan@londonbrogan12 Jun 2020
First batch of speakers confirmed for #PKNLDN26 MOVEMENT! We have a great line up so far including @kahui, @erinriediger, @gregharradine, @susanclaris and @architectming - each will get 20 slides to tell their story. Join us 2 July 2020 18:30BST! Tickets 👇eventbrite.co.uk/e/pechakuch…
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Super excited for @ShaniaTwain this evening for my sister Amy’s hen do - any chance of a shout out? #ShaniaNOW
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The Best Things Found Between the Pages of Old Books: @atlasobscura atlasobscura.com/articles/su…
The Best Things Found Between the Pages of Old Books

The Best Things Found Between the Pages of Old Books

Atlas Obscura readers shared hundreds of stories about their surprising discoveries.

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70 People Try 70 Tongue-Twisters From 70 Countries thescene.com/watch/cntravele… via @SCENE
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Super excited to see this beauty stocked in shops today @Waterstones from AA Publishing and @Londonist @RhetoricAlley! Perfect Christmas present #books #Christmas #amreading #giftideas #booksforchristmas
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Digitising The Klencke Atlas youtu.be/JIOHjcTSmno via @YouTube @britishlibrary
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A behind-the-scenes look at how we remove dust from our #books. It's like a mini car wash for books, minus the water! #libraries #booklovers
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The Mystery and Occasional Poetry of, Uh, Filled Pauses: @atlasobscura atlasobscura.com/articles/th…
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Linguist @GretchenAMcC Explains #Emoji and What #Language Death Actually Looks Like: the-toast.net/2016/06/29/a-l…
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The Voder, the First Machine to Create Human #Speech @atlasobscura atlasobscura.com/articles/th…
One Woman's Amazing Project to Save a Vanishing Native American #Language @atlasobscura atlasobscura.com/articles/se…

See One Woman's Amazing Project to Save a Vanishing Native American Language

Marie Wilcox has created a dictionary to protect Wukchumni from extinction.

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In 1881, the American satirical magazine Puck introduced what are now considered the earliest known emoticons in the English language.
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'I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library' — Jorge Luis Borges who was born #onthisday in 1899
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@raconteur24 Aug 2016
What's the best #word in the Dictionary? Find out what our readers voted for: rcnt.eu/tsk #infographic
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How a Portuguese-to-English Phrasebook Became a Cult Comedy Sensation @atlasobscura atlasobscura.com/articles/ho…
How a Portuguese-to-English Phrasebook Became a Cult Comedy Sensation

How a Portuguese-to-English Phrasebook Became a Cult Comedy Sensation

Meet 1883's most absurd language guide.

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I wonder if there are any films that have been made into books?
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Groundbreaking gadget claims to fit in your ear and #translate languages in real-time news.discovery.com/tech/gear…
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London's new Libreria bookshop, from @SECONDHOMELDN, has banned electronic devices hntd.ch/21D7DuZ
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How the Smithsonian Institution Is Crowdsourcing History @atlasobscura atlasobscura.com/articles/ho…
How the Smithsonian Institution Is Crowdsourcing History

How the Smithsonian Institution Is Crowdsourcing History

It’s the end of the day, you’ve worked hard, and now you’re home and it’s time to relax. So you open up your laptop and settle in to transcribe some bee...

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This is cute and fun: newyorker.com/jigsaw
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